In VMware vSphere 5.x, datastores have their own set of access control privileges. As a result, you might need to reconfigure your permissions to grant the new datastore privileges. This is required if you have nonpropagating Read-only permission set on the datacenter for users.

Datastore Privileges

Privilege Name

Actions Granted to Users

Affects

Pair with Object

Effective on Object

Allocate Space

Allocate space on a datastore for a virtual machine, snapshot, or clone.

hosts, vCenter Servers

datastores

datastores, virtual disks

Browse Datastore

Browse files on a datastore, including CD-ROM or Floppy media and serial or parallel port files. In addition, the browse datastore privilege allows users to add existing disks to a datastore.